2019 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup

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2019 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	30 – 31 May 2019
Teams	Men:10 Women:6
Venue(s)	Zürich
Final positions
Champions	Men: Boca Juniors (3rd title) Women: VfL Wolfsburg (1st title)
Runners-up	Men: Benfica Women: BSC YB Frauen
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	81 (2.25 per match)
Attendance	14,000 (389 per match)
Best player(s)	Men: Lucas Brochero (Boca Juniors) Women: Maria Christina Lange (VfL Wolfsburg)
Best goalkeeper	Men: Matías Ramos Mingo (Boca Juniors) Women: Saskia Bürki (Young Boys)
Fair play award	Men: PAOK Women: Vancouver Whitecaps
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International football competition

The 2019 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup was the 81st edition of the Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup, an association football tournament organized by FIFA for clubs featuring players under the age of 21. It was held on Ascension Thursday, 30 May 2019 and 31 May 2019.

This year's women's tournament was the second edition after the 2018 edition which Young Boys women team won.

All matches were played in two 20-minute halves (except for the final which was 25 minutes), only players between 18–20 years were eligible to participate. However, each team may have up to five players under the age of 18 feature. All matches were played at the Buchlern sports stadium in Zürich.

Men's tournament

Participating teams

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Boca Juniors (Q)	4	3	1	0	10	1	+9	10	Qualification to the Final
2	Dinamo Zagreb	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7	10
3	GC Zürich	4	2	0	2	9	5	+4	6
4	Sevilla	4	0	1	3	0	7	−7	1
5	FC Blue Stars Zürich	4	0	1	3	0	13	−13	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Times in UTC+, Switzerland local time.

Dinamo Zagreb v FC Blue Stars Zürich

30 May 2019	Dinamo Zagreb	2–0	FC Blue Stars Zürich
10:50	Kapitanović 12', 27'

Boca Juniors v Sevilla

30 May 2019	Boca Juniors	2–0	Sevilla
10:50	Fernandez 8' Brochero 13'

Sevilla v FC Blue Stars Zürich

30 May 2019	Sevilla	0–0	FC Blue Stars Zürich
13:30

GC Zürich v Dinamo Zagreb

30 May 2019	GC Zürich	0–2	Dinamo Zagreb
13:30			Kim 8' Kapitanović 29'

Boca Juniors v GC Zürich

30 May 2019	Boca Juniors	3–1	GC Zürich
16:00	Brochero 13' Gerzel 27' Bodencer 40'		Aliu 11'

Sevilla v Dinamo Zagreb

30 May 2019	Sevilla	0–3	Dinamo Zagreb
16:00			Kapitanović 13', 35' Dejanović 24'

FC Blue Stars Zürich v Boca Juniors

30 May 2019	FC Blue Stars Zürich	0–5	Boca Juniors
18:55			Bodencer 11', 32', 37' Roldán 31'

GC Zürich v Sevilla

31 May 2019	GC Zürich	2–0	Sevilla
11:15	Rustemoski 13' Bajrami 40'

Dinamo Zagreb v Boca Juniors

31 May 2019	Dinamo Zagreb	0–0	Boca Juniors
13:00

FC Blue Stars Zürich v GC Zürich

31 May 2019	FC Blue Stars Zürich	0–6	GC Zürich
13:00			Rustemoski 8', 27' Fehr 15', 18', 22' Nwenyi 39'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Benfica (Q)	4	3	0	1	3	1	+2	9	Qualification to the Final
2	PAOK	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	8
3	FC Zürich	4	1	2	1	5	3	+2	5
4	FC Basel	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	4
5	Seattle Sounders FC	4	0	1	3	1	6	−5	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Times in UTC+, Switzerland local time.

Benfica v FC Zürich

30 May 2019	Benfica	1–0	FC Zürich
11:40	Semedo 27'

Seattle Sounders v PAOK

30 May 2019	Seattle Sounders	1–1	PAOK
11:40	Malone 27'		Tzovaras 9'

PAOK v FC Zürich

30 May 2019	PAOK	1–1	FC Zürich
14:20	Doumtsis 11'		Ndau 19'

FC Basel v Benfica

30 May 2019	FC Basel	0–1	Benfica
14:20			Pinto 36'

Seattle Sounders v FC Basel

30 May 2019	Seattle Sounders	0–1	FC Basel
16:50			Marchand 38'

PAOK v Benfica

30 May 2019	PAOK	1–0	Benfica
16:50	Gaitanidis 11'

FC Zürich v Seattle Sounders

30 May 2019	FC Zürich	3–0	Seattle Sounders
18:55	Kamberi 15' Stevic 18' Nascimento Satorno 28'

FC Basel v PAOK

31 May 2019	FC Basel	0–1	PAOK
11:15			Michailidis 39'

Benfica v Seattle Sounders

31 May 2019	Benfica	1–0	Seattle Sounders
13:50	Semedo 18'

FC Zürich v FC Basel

31 May 2019	FC Zürich	1–1	FC Basel
13:50	Nascimento Satorno 10'		Vonmoos 16'

Final stage

Times in UTC+1, Switzerland local time.

Ninth place game

FC Blue Stars Zürich v Seattle Sounders

31 May 2019	FC Blue Stars Zürich	0–2	Seattle Sounders
15:40			Serrano Lopez 7', 19'

Seventh place game

Sevilla v FC Basel

31 May 2019	Sevilla	1–1 (7–6 p)	FC Basel
15:40	Peral Gallardo 28'		Martinovic 38'

Fifth place game

GC Zürich v FC Zürich

31 May 2019	GC Zürich	0–1	FC Zürich
16:40			Nascimento Satorno 5'

Third place game

Dinamo Zagreb v PAOK

31 May 2019	Dinamo Zagreb	0–0 (3–4 p)	PAOK
17:40

Final

Boca Juniors v Benfica

31 May 2019	Boca Juniors	2–0	Benfica
20:10	Brochero 16', 51'

2019 FIFA Youth Cup winners
Boca Juniors 3rd title

Final standings


Pos.	Team	G	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
	Boca Juniors	A	5	4	1	0	13	12	1	+11
	Benfica	B	5	3	0	2	9	3	3	0
	PAOK	B	5	2	3	0	9	4	2	+2
4	Dinamo Zagreb	A	5	3	2	0	11	7	0	+7
5	FC Zürich	B	5	2	2	1	8	6	3	+3
6	GC Zürich	A	5	2	0	3	6	9	6	+3
7	Sevilla	A	5	0	2	3	2	1	8	−7
8	FC Basel	B	5	1	2	2	5	3	4	−1
9	Seattle Sounders	B	5	1	1	3	4	3	6	−3
10	FC Blue Stars Zürich	A	5	0	1	4	1	0	15	−15

Women's tournament

Participating teams

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	VfL Wolfsburg (Q)	2	2	0	13	1	+12	6	Qualification to the Semi-finals
2	Vancouver Whitecaps (Q)	2	1	1	2	5	−3	3	Qualification to the Semi-finals
3	FC Blue Stars Zürich	2	0	2	0	9	−9	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Times in UTC+, Switzerland local time.

VfL Wolfsburg v FC Blue Stars Zürich

30 May 2019	VfL Wolfsburg	8–0	FC Blue Stars Zürich
10:00	Jubel 5' Lange 7', 15', 16' Fischer 19' Memeti 21' Bartel 24' Dönges 40'

FC Blue Stars Zürich v Vancouver Whitecaps

30 May 2019	FC Blue Stars Zürich	0–1	Vancouver Whitecaps
12:40			Ganief 17'

Vancouver Whitecaps v VfL Wolfsburg

30 May 2019	Vancouver Whitecaps	1–5	VfL Wolfsburg
15:10	Akindoju 28'		Cordes 4' Baaß 12' Schumacher 12' Fischer 26', 40'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	BSC YB Frauen (Q)	2	1	1	2	1	+1	3	Qualification to the Semi-finals
2	Internazionale (Q)	2	1	1	1	1	0	3	Qualification to the Semi-finals
3	FC Zürich Frauen	2	1	1	1	2	−1	3

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Times in UTC+1, Switzerland local time.

Internazionale v FC Zürich Frauen

30 May 2019	Internazionale	0–1	FC Zürich Frauen
10:00			Graf 6'

FC Zürich Frauen v BSC YB Frauen

30 May 2019	FC Zürich Frauen	0–2	BSC YB Frauen
12:40			Djeaid 8' Schassberger 13'

BSC YB Frauen v Internazionale

30 May 2019	BSC YB Frauen	0–1	Internazionale
15:10			Coghetto 25'

Final stage

Times in UTC+1, Switzerland local time.

Semi-finals

VfL Wolfsburg v Internazionale

30 May 2019	VfL Wolfsburg	5–0	Internazionale
18:05	Räcke 3' Lange 5', 7' Memeti 12' Schumacher 39'

Vancouver Whitecaps v BSC YB Frauen

30 May 2019	Vancouver Whitecaps	0–1	BSC YB Frauen
18:05	Suter 25'

Play-off stage

Fifth place game

FC Blue Stars Zürich v FC Zürich Frauen

31 May 2019	FC Blue Stars Zürich	0–3	FC Zürich Frauen
12:05			Piubel 10' Lempérière 20' Casagrande 39'

Third place game

Internazionale v Vancouver Whitecaps

31 May 2019	Internazionale	0–1	Vancouver Whitecaps
14:40	Remington 4'

Final

VfL Wolfsburg v BSC YB Frauen

31 May 2019	VfL Wolfsburg	4–0	BSC YB Frauen
18:50	Fischer 4' Baaß 14', 24' Lange 20'

2019 FIFA Youth Cup winners
VfL Wolfsburg 1st title

Final standings


Pos.	Team	G	Pld	W	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
	VfL Wolfsburg	A	5	5	0	15	22	1	+21
	BSC YB Frauen	B	4	2	2	6	3	6	−3
	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	4	2	2	6	3	6	−3
4	Internazionale	B	4	1	3	3	1	7	−6
5	FC Zürich Frauen	B	3	2	1	6	4	2	+2
6	FC Blue Stars Zürich	A	3	0	3	0	0	12	−12

References

"2019 FIFA Youth Cup". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
"BSC Young Boys women win inaugural women's title". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 10 May 2018. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
"Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup preview". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 8 May 2018. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

External links

2019 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup, YouthCup.ch (in English)

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